Band 3
Provided by Aisling Ni Chuinn
Aisling is an experienced specialist in immigration, asylum and human rights law. She has worked extensively with vulnerable adults, including victims of torture and victims of trafficking. Her main interest is in assisting detained clients with asylum and human rights claims and associated judicial review claims.
Aisling graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Law and later obtained a Master’s Degree in Equality Studies from the School of Social Justice at the same university. She completed the Legal Practice Course with distinction in 2015 at the London Metropolitan University.
Aisling joined Wilsons in 2010 and was appointed as a Partner in 2020.
Aisling has been a supervisor at Wilsons since 2013 and qualified as a solicitor in 2015 having trained in immigration and public law. In 2016 Aisling was admitted as a level 3 member of the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Law Advanced Accreditation Scheme.
Before joining Wilsons, Aisling worked as a Team Leader at Refugee and Migrant Justice (formerly Refugee Legal Centre), where she had worked since 2007 as a Senior Caseworker, preparing and presenting appeals in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
Together with Marcela Navarrete, Aisling manages the firm’s contracts with the Legal Aid Agency to conduct legal advice surgeries and Detained Asylum Casework (DAC) cases in Yarl’s Wood and Brook House detention centres.
Interests: Kayaking and walking
Finalist in the Immigration and Asylum Category
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards
2015
Aisling has extensive experience of representing clients in judicial review claims involving challenges to decisions on asylum and human rights claims. Her client AE was one of the Appellants in the successful Supreme Court appeal challenging removal to Italy EM (Eritrea) & Ors v SSHD [2014] UKSC 12. Aisling also represented NA in NA (Sudan) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 1060, RM in RM v SSHD (Dublin; Article 27(1); procedure) [2017] UKUT 00260 (IAC) and SOM in SM & Ors v SSHD (Dublin Regulation – Italy) [2018] UKUT 429 (IAC).
Provided by Chambers
Aisling Ni Chuinn is a partner at Wilson Solicitors who offers a broad range of asylum and human rights expertise. She has particular experience in supporting clients detained in immigration removal centres.
Provided by Chambers
Her judgement is meticulous.
Aisling is a committed, hardworking and inspiring immigration solicitor who fights for vulnerable clients.
Aisling has wealth of experience, she is somebody who really understands the landscape of immigration law.
Her judgement is meticulous.
Aisling is a committed, hardworking and inspiring immigration solicitor who fights for vulnerable clients.
Aisling has wealth of experience, she is somebody who really understands the landscape of immigration law.